(mgp-users 00461) Re: embedded X application

[Massimo Ricotti <ricotti@casa.colorado.edu>]

> 
> I have an embedded X application inside a magicpoint
> show using flexbuttons
> (http://freshmeat.net/projects/flexbuttonz/homepage/).
> The flexbuttonz application has a mouse-over + mouse click
> that alters the flexbuttonz image. (this is essentially what
> I want to demonstrate inside the presentation). It appears that
> magicpoint
> intercepts the mouse events rather than the embedded application.
> Is there a way around this?
> 
> Also, I am running this on a Slackware box (X 3.3.x with
> xfstt running), but I can't seem to get nice clean fonts.
> Are there some safe choices?
> 
You should run mgp with the option -o or -O. Whis this option the
window manager takes control of the windows. I do not know if it is
going to work with the flexbuttonz application, I never tryed.

good luck
-Massimo